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title: ""Even as states are struggling to process a record number of jobless…"
date: 2020-04-03
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# "Even as states are struggling to process a record number of jobless…

*April 3, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/nearly-half-states-do-not-have-enough-funds-pay-all-n1175246](https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/nearly-half-states-do-not-have-enough-funds-pay-all-n1175246){target="_blank"}
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\"Even as states are struggling to process a record number of jobless claims, experts warn that even greater challenges loom: A Labor Department report found that, as recently as February, unemployment insurance trust funds in nearly half the states were underfunded.\
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The staggering 6.6 million jobless claims filed last week call into question even the best-funded states\' ability to pay unemployment benefits over a sustained period, said Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, making it likelier than not that more federal intervention will be needed.\
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\"We\'re talking about 10 million people filing for unemployment insurance in two weeks. Nobody is prepared for that,\" he said. \"That\'s unprecedented.\"\"
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